IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vonid
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999CO073047OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 1999CO073047OSD
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1999CO073047OSD
  • User Site Association ID: PuebloSSO_type
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61971
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.5797222
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0372222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 S.
  • Range: 59 W.
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1350 feet E 50 feet N of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 196—Valent-Vonid complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes, dry
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO073—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 69—Upper Arkansas Valley Rolling Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO073—Lincoln County, Colorado
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38104-E1—Truckton SE, Colorado
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Laura Craven
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 222
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vonid
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/9/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vonid
  • Classificaton Date - 1/16/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits
  • Landform: hill, ridge, interdune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/16/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bk1

    Bk2

    0

    15

    36

    58

    86

    132

    15

    36

    58

    86

    132

    200

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bk1

    Bk2

    0

    15

    36

    58

    86

    132

    15

    36

    58

    86

    132

    200

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bk1

    Bk2

    0

    15

    36

    58

    86

    132

    15

    36

    58

    86

    132

    200

    0

    0

    0

    0

    10

    10

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOCU

    BOGR2

    CALO

    ELMA7

    HECOC8

    SCSC

    SPCR

    Bouteloua curtipendula

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Elymus macrourus

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    sideoats grama

    blue grama

    prairie sandreed

    tufted wheatgrass

    needle and thread

    little bluestem

    sand dropseed

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—15

    15—86

    86—152

    —-

    —-

    —-

    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    1629

    305

    11

    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy sand; weak coarse granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt3—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Bk1—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Bk2—132 to 200 centimeters (52.0 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.